In dieser Promotionsarbeit wird der Quad-Color FluoroSpot (QCF) vorgestellt, welcher die Bestimmung der Frequenz von DENV-Serotyp-spezifischen und DENV- Serotyp-kreuzreaktiven B-Zellen auf Einzelzellbasis ermöglicht. Das vorgestellte Verfahren erlaubt die umfassende Analyse der spezifischen B-Zellantwort, so wie sie sich während einer primären oder sekundären DENV-Infektion bzw. nach einer Dengueimpfung entwickelt. Außerdem ermöglicht der QCF die Beurteilung, ob die DENV-Serotypspezifität bzw. -kreuzreaktivität von B-Zellen als Surrogatmarker für Immunschutz bei DENV-Infizierten bzw. in Studien, welche Dengueimpfstoff- kandidaten testen, relevant ist. Außerdem kann das Verfahren durch die Anpassung des verwendeten Antigens auch zur Beurteilung der B-Zellantwort, so wie sie sich nach einer Infektion mit anderen Erregern wie HIV oder Influenzavirus entwickelt, Anwendung finden. / Dengue is a major public health problem globally. It is caused by four antigenically distinct serotypes of dengue virus (DENV1-4), and although serotype-specific and strongly neutralizing cross-reactive immune responses against the four DENV serotypes are thought to be protective, subneutralizing Abs can contribute to increased disease severity upon secondary infection with a different DENV serotype. Understanding the breadth of the immune response in natural DENV infections and in vaccinees is crucial for determining the correlates of protection or disease severity. Transformation of B cell populations to generate mAbs and ELISPOT assays have been used to determine B cell and Ab specificity to DENV; however, both methods have technical limitations. We therefore modified the conventional ELISPOT to develop a Quad-Color FluoroSpot to provide a means of examining B cell/Ab serotype specificity and cross-reactivity on a single-cell basis. Abs secreted by B cells are captured by an Fc-specific Ab on a filter plate. Subsequently, standardized concentrations of all four DENV serotypes are added to allow equal stoichiometry for Ag binding. After washing, the spots, representing individual B cells, are visualized using four fluorescently labeled DENV serotype-specific detection mAbs. This method can be used to better understand the breadth and magnitude of B cell responses following primary and secondary DENV infection or vaccination and their role as immune correlates of protection from subsequent DENV infections. Furthermore, the Quad-Color FluoroSpot assay can be applied to other diseases caused by multiple pathogen serotypes in which determining the serotype or subtype-specific B cell response is important.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:16299 |
| Date | 20 September 2017 |
| Creators | Hadjilaou, Alexandros |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | German, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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